The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-13
EX-MINIsTEK cox ON TURKEY.
a Turkish Snlamm- Turkish Habits-.Turls.
ish Women, sc &c.

ish women, &c &c.
The Hon. S. S. Oox's lecture. sob.
servations upon Turkey" says tho New
York Sun of October B, formed the prin.
Opal part of the entertainment given by
the Stcckler Association at the Windsor
Theatre last night. Three policemen
stood at the entrance, and declared il
was impossible for another man to oct
inside. eO'
Judge Alfred Stcokler had hardly fin
lshed his brief introduction of Mr.. Cox
when the audience fixed itself for an
hours laughter, and it refused to put
itself into any other attitude toward the
distinguished lecturer, in spite of the
evident fact that he sometimes tried to
be serious. MIR. Cox began by N naking a
turkish salaam as the most fitting way
TO express his recognition Of the honors
about to be hcapcd up1n him. He first
tried to touch his boot toe without bend
ing his knees, then placed his hand on
what he said WAS his heart, stuck his
hngor i'll his mouth, scratched his head,
and concluded with sweeping dancing
masters bow. The audience didn't caro-
whether all this was good Turkish or
not; 1T was funny, and they laughed.
"Ihe Turks always begin the day with
sunset, said MIR. Cox, and everybody
laughed again. "My mothcr-in law
used to tell me that the Puritans began
their Sunday ut sunset Saturday, and l
never went back on Sunset when I
could help it,"
Mr., Cox referred to his trip in the
ooudan under the guidance of the Sui
tans commissioners: cit may seem II
strange thing for man to go to Turkey
with only one wife, but, as the man said
who had his head cut of, it was the only
one had. The Sultan has 48l wives,
and ho has to have their names put on
the doors OF their rooms. For my pnrt
nave always found one just about as
much as can manage. When / met tic
Ahedive he said:
country has grown so fast in popula
tion?
"'The attractive forces of our immi-
grafton laws and of our Constitution |
answered
but have you got any of my people
over there?
"'Oh, yes, we bavo two. [ shipped
them yesterday from Alexandria. They
are mummics.'
Well, it's all right. They couldn't
bo OF much more use to NC, anyhow
81 am perhaps the only man in Amer.
lea who has ever shaken hands with tho
Pharaoh of Scripture. He was little
dusty, but | shook hands with him. NV
wonder Is not 80 much that he WAS able
to win Immortality, but that he was able
to preserve bis immortaljzation.
'Ihe great fight Of the century will
not be caboue Bulgaria or Roumelia, but
will take place in Afghanistan, between
the laud animal Russia and tho sea AMI
nal Great Britain. Some OF those pres
ent Will live to sec it.
Ihc climax Of the lecturers ei01uenco
was reached when he began to describe
the Caucasian women who replenish the
harems of Constantinople.
"Ihey appear on the streets as women
do IN. New York, but the cycs-the eyes!
such eyes as L never saw elsewhere.
These women belong to the stock from
winch our ancestors sprung They arc
beautiful, wonderful woman, compact in
l"rm, noble of mcin, graceful in move
mcnt, and musical in speech. Tho
Turkish race will be rcplenished from
Cancasia time and again.
"On the bridge between Scutari and
Constantinoplo sevcnty-two nations are
represented in the paascrs to and fro
different in costume, language and man
ners. How does the Sultan harmouize
these diverse nations? The secret of
government is the samo that was OBJ
served in the ancient empires Of Greece
and ROmc--it is home rule-the system
of tribal relations which has prevailed
from the days Of Abraham. Each tribe
has its head, and its own system of TAXA
ton, and this plan prevails from the
Euphrates to the Adriatic. Crotc has its
own legislature. 1t is this system which
has kept the Turkish Empire together
SO long, in spite OF its many enemies"
MIR. Cox gave some specimens of Turk
lsh humor, and mentioned the fact that
more would be found in a certain book
about to be published. In conclusion he
said that he hoped the day was far dis
tant when the amiablc, lust, honest and
vigilant Sultan should lose his hold upon
the Orient,